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Groupe Gruau

Saint-Berthevin, France

Land Systems & VehiclesDual-use
Founded 1889System Integrator, MRO & ServicesSupplies Land Forces, Homeland Security & Police
Profile last updated: April 25, 2026

About

Founded in 1889, Groupe Gruau is a defense system integrator based in Saint-Berthevin, France working in land systems & vehicles.

Groupe Gruau is a French family-owned multi-specialist coachbuilder for light commercial vehicles, headquartered in Saint-Berthevin (Mayenne). Founded in 1889, the group converts and builds vans, large-volume vans, heavy-duty vans, minibuses and buses, and also operates in ambulances, funeral vehicles, fire and rescue vehicles, and mobile units. It operates across multiple sites in France and abroad, including Poland, Italy and Algeria, and sells through a network of distributors. The group has an Army and Defence offering that includes cantonment and base-life vehicles, as well as vehicles for police, gendarmerie and customs. It has a history of supplying army vehicles, including an early order of 250 coaches for the air force.

Location

Saint-Berthevin, France

Founded

1889

Focus areas

coachbuildinglight commercial vehiclesvehicle conversionambulancesfuneral vehiclesfire and rescue vehiclesmilitary vehiclescantonment vehiclespolice vehicles

Languages

FREN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Land Systems & Vehicles

Supply-chain role

System IntegratorMRO & Services

What they offer

HardwareManufacturing ServicesMaintenance & Repair

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Véhicules de cantonnement

Accommodation vehicle

Vehicles fitted out as cantonment and base-life living quarters for military use.

Véhicules police gendarmerie douanes

Police and security vehicle

Vehicles converted for police, gendarmerie and customs use.

End users

Land ForcesHomeland Security & Police

Standards, platforms & customers

Named customers

Armée de l'air

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